what happened in connecticut was a grievous tragedy but every single day in america, every single day, people in communities like mine go to bed fearing violence. you see 34 people murdered every single day and with carnage like this going on regularly in our country with gun owners and nongun owners and nra and nonnra members all agree on changes that would make cities like mine safer. i'm tired of the political debates. they're not necessary. i'm tired of the ideological positions. we don't even need to visit them. let's stick to the pragmatic center where all americans believe the same thing and let's pass legislation that would make america -- >> and pragmatism means what works and those states with concealed carry permits that allow honest and decent citizens to carry a gun with them, they have less crime and the crime has fallen faster than -- >> when there's a kid in the school yard with a baseball bat, we don't give everybody else baseball bats but take it away and sit down and say what can we do to make -- >> we have to take the baseball bat away from the bully. >> look at th